Westlake High School-GiftE team wins $10,000 in National Pitch Contest. Team reacts to the announcement.

Quantitative easing is a way that central banks provide capital to the economy in hard economic times to repay later.

Austin's housing market is still hot but possibly cooling. Median price of $305K in 2019 is now $567K and unlikely to fall.

The Chinese Communist Party lowered the boom on Fintech Giant Ant and others in an effort to keep the People's Bank of China in control.

At-will employment ends for NYC's fast food workers effective July 5th. Employee leaders look to get similar protections for all !!!

China's has an energy crunch that likely will further interrupt global supply chains and shipping. Weather & Chinese policy are root causes.

Fear of the robot lives on but data suggest that "countries with more robots tend to have less joblessness, not more."

With low resale home inventory and mortgage loans harder to get a repeat of the 2009 mortgage crisis is unlikely despite rising prices.

Work from home. Most workers say OK to offer lower pay if staff moves to a less expensive locale,

Airbnb is popular but skirts basic security, maintenance and household safety. Not all stays end well for the guest or the host.

An outcome of the pandemic was a change to work culture. Returning to work is now about choosing what you prefer or accepting what remains.

The lack of affordable housing has been decades in the making and is now worse due to COVID. Solutions are doable but complex.

Online ordering has fueled restaurant sales but worker shortages are noticeable as shops look to fully reopen. Wages rise to meet demand.

Resale & New Home listings are at record lows for Austin. Some builders are developing an alternative-detached single family rental homes.

Online still booming but pace of growth is slowing. Post-pandemic shoppers are splurging.

EVs will alter the recycling industry and many are poised to fill the emerging need aimed at recovering valuable materials as a resource.

Creating a more equitable America calls for making advances in at least 40 ways but core to all is making equity an intentional activity!

Coffee shop volume illustrates the current state of pandemic recovery with Northern England & London suburbs reaching pre-pandemic levels.

Hurry up & worry about the potential for inflation is the current preoccupation of investors. A blip though is not yet evidence of a trend!

Robinhood gamified investing, opened investing to small investors but failed users with risky features, bad customer service & weak systems!